Quotes from Dale Carnegie

She had got herself dressed before I had asked her to!

After this is kept up long enough, it changes from pretense to reality, and the man does in very fact become fearless by sheer dint of practicing fearlessness when he does not feel it.

told her how happy I was with her choices. It

Brood over your topic until it becomes mellow and expansive...then put all these ideas down in writing, just a few words, enough to fix the idea...put them down on scraps of paper—you will find it easier to arrange and organize these loose bits when you come to set your material in order.

I found that by getting him to say 'yes, yes' from the outset, he forgot the issue at stake and was happy to do all the things I suggested.

What a difference that made!

Have faith in God, learn to sleep well- Love good music, see the funny side of life- And health and happiness will be yours.

Face the facts: Quite worrying; then do something about it!

There, but for the grace of God, go I.

We are much more forgiving of those who are willing to come clean right away.

Não é possível ensinar qualquer coisa a um homem. Só é possível ajudá-lo a descobri-la dentro de si.

Business men who do not know how to fight worry die young.

When we can't tell anyone else—we can always tell God.

Seja mais sábio do que os outros se puder, mas não avise a ninguém.

even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15 percent of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering—to personality and the ability to lead people.

Let's cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants. Let's try to figure out the other person's good points. Then forget flattery. Give honest, sincere appreciation.

La acción parece seguir al sentimiento, pero en realidad, acción y sentimiento van juntos y, regulando la acción, que se halla bajo el dominio directo de la voluntad, podemos regular indirectamente el sentimiento, que no lo está".

In a flash, I realized I had brought all this miser on myself by trying to fit myself into a pattern to which I did not conform.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Even if people are already on your side, bragging and whining don't bring them closer.

The best things are the most difficult.

Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.

You and I have such abilities, so let's not waste a second worrying because we are not like other people. You are something new in this world. Never before, since the beginning of time, has there ever been anybody exactly like you; and never again throughout al the ages to come will ever be anybody exactly like you again.

to make them happy to do what it is we would like them to do